Word: exposed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dave McNally is a happy man, but on December 4, 1974, he was not happy. On that day, McNally, Rich Coggins and Ed Kirkpatrick were traded from the Orioles to the Montreal Expos, for Mike Torrez and Ken Singleton. McNally did not want to play in Montreal. He decided to...
With Elias Sosa coming out of the bullpen to douse late-inning rallies, the Expos have so far been able to stave off opposition from the defending champion Pirates and the talented, well paid Phillies.
But the bottom line is the win column. And the Expos are winning, mostly behind a rotation consisting of Scott Sanderson, Steve Rogers, David Palmer, Bill Gullickson and Charlie Lea--a rotation which not so long ago labored for Memphis in Double-A ball.
With a slim one-game lead, the Expos cannot afford to wax complacent. Nothing, however, can compare to the ordeal of last September, when the division crown narrowly eluded the squad which played 31 games in 28 days.
The deep pitching staff and a superhuman effort kept them close, but when the season boiled down to a crucial series with Philadelphia, the Expos' bats went flat.